Offers comprehensive insight into language teacher language use
Maintains a practical focus whilst being based in rigorous Applied Linguistics empirical research
Proposes course content based on the idea of target task analysis
Emma Riordan
Language for Specific Purposes Curriculum design Classroom discourse Modern Foreign Languages Bilingualism Code-switching Classroom management Language for Teaching Purposes Language teaching non-native speaker language teachers (NNSLT) Classroom discourse Communicative Language Teaching initiation-response-feedback target language use language classroom
“Riordan has drawn on her dual identity as an applied linguistic researcher, and as a non-native speaking teacher of German to produce this ground-breaking book. It explores a multiplicity of issues surrounding language teachers’ own linguistic needs and will be extremely valuable to modern foreign language teachers, teacher educators, and researchers alike.” (Heath Rose, University of Oxford, UK)
“Emma Riordan’s examination of bilingual classroom discourse uniquely targets non-native speaker teachers of German (and not English, as is usually the case). Her arguments are written with ease and clarity, and built on a solid empirical base, including document analysis, interviews, questionnaires and classroom observations. Language for Teaching Purposes is a most original contribution to the field – a pleasure to read not only for researchers, but classroom teachers too!” (Péter Medgyes, Emeritus Professor at Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)